Embroidery



March 2 1926. 1,575,468

- J. D. voss EMBROIDERY Filed August 7;, 1925 Patented Mar. 2, 1926..

warren s'ra'ras JACOB D. VOSS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN'OR F FOETY 'ONE-HUNDREDTHS T0 earner Wine.

SERGE WRY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINQIS.

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Application filed August 7, 1925. Serial 1%., 48,696.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB D. .Voss, formerlv a resident of Russia and a sub ect of the Czar of Russia, not now a citizen of any country, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haye invented new and useful Improvements in Embroidery, of which the 'ollowing is a full, clear, concise, and exact descript on, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to embroidery.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a beaded embroidery whichwill be artistic in appearance and which will be flexible and water proof, so that it Wlll be durable and can be readily cleaned.

A further object of my lnvention is to provide an improved method of making such embroidery. r

A further object of my inventlon 1s to provide an improved flexible water proof foundation of adhesive material to which the glass beads are applied.

Further objects will appear from-the description and claims.

In the drawing in which my invention is illustrated, Fig. l is a face view of a piece of fabric showing the first step of applying the embroidery;

*ig. 2 shows the second step;

' Fig. 3 shows the third step;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4- 4: of Fig. 1; f

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 3; and

Fig, 7 is a somewhat different from that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

' Referring first to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, the first step in the method is to outline the figure as shown in Fig. 1. This may as the material used in the ribbon).

face view showing a designtion of the ribbon of paste, the outline of the pattern maybe indicated on the fabric in any suitable manner as by the use of powdered material applied through a perforated stencil.

While .this paste ribbon outline is still sticky, an ornamental coating of any desired material, such as bronze powder, may be dusted over the pattern. A coat of this bronze dust will adhere to the sticky ribbon. The pattern thus outlined is allowed to dry for a sufficient time to allow the paste ribbon to harden and become nonadhesive, after which any of the bronze dust which has not adhered to the paste ribbon may be brushed off.

The next ste in the recess, as shown in Fig. 2, is to 11 in insi e of the hardened ribbon outline with a suitable foundation material 3 (which material may be the same This filled in foundation' may be applied by squeezing the paste from a tube and spreading it out by means of a brush. It is preferable to leave a'slight space between the outer edge of this filled in foundation and the ribbon outlineas shown at 4 in Figs.

5 and 6. As soon as this filled in foundation' is completed, while it is still sticky, it may be coloredin any suitable manner and design as by the a plication of oil aint to give the desired co or effect. The ayer of glassbeads 5 is then applied as indicated in Fig. 3 while the filled in foundation is still sticky. These beads may be applied simply by covering the design with a pile of the beads and shifting this pile around until all parts of the pattern have been covered. The pile of beads may be shifted around simply by lifting up first on one part of the fabric and then another until all parts of the pattern are covered with a layer ofthe beads, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

I have discovered that a foundation material suitable for the purpose is obtained by mixing together oil, paint powder, and rubber cement in approximately the proportions of one part oil, three parts rubber cement and six parts paint powder, these proportions being by weight. I first mix to ether the oil and'paint powder, and then mix the combined oil and paint powder with the rubber cement. This foundation results in a beaded embroidery which is flexible and water proof so that the beads do not crack off and so that the embroidery may be cleaned. Almost any cleaning liquid may be used except turpentine without injuring the material in any way.

The embroidery shown in Fig. 7 makes use of the same general method as described above but in this form the filled in foundation is in the form of small points or dots 6 and lines 7, and the color effect is obtained by the use of different colors of beads instead of by applying different colors of paint to the foundation. In this form the outline of paste ribbon is applied just as in the form previously described. The foundation within the outlineis then filled in, a section at a time. If a certain part of the pattern is to be covered with, for instance, blue beads, the dots or points of pasty foundation are applied to that portion of the pattern and the glass beads are applied to the part of pattern thus covered, 111st as in the form previously described. The artist then applies the points or dotsof the sticky foundation to another portion of the pattern which it may be desiredv to have covered with beads of another color and the beads of the desired color are then shifted around over the surface of the pattern, but they do not stick to the portion of the pattern: which has been previously covered with the beads of another color, but stick only to the uncovered points or dots of the sticky foundation material. In this manner beads of any desired color may be applied to any desired portion of the design.

I claim:

1. The art of making beaded embroidery on fabrics comprising applying a ribbon of adhesive material to outline the design, covering the ribbon outline with powdered coloring material, allowing the ribbon outline to dry, filling in the space within the outline with a plastic adhesive foundation material, a plying a colored surface coat ing to the oundation, and applying a layer of glass beads to the adhesive foundation.

2. The combination with a flexible fabric of a flexible waterproof beaded embroidery thereon, comprising a plastic adhesive foundation and a layer of beadsapplied thereto, said adhesive foundation comprising a mixture of rubber cement, oil, and powdered paint, said mixture comprising approximately 10% .oil, 30% rubber cement and 60% powdered paint.

3. The combination with a flexible fabric of a beaded embroidery thereon com rising a ribbon .of adhesive material to outhne the design, the ribbon outline being covered with owdered coloring material, a plastic adhesive foundation filling in the space within said outline and rovided with a colored surface coating and a layer of glass beads applied to the adhesive foundation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

. JACOB D. VOSS. 

